Test drive Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 2005 - 2007 sedan

All photos Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 2005 - 2007

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According to the results of sales, Mitsubishi-Lenser occupies an honorable third place among foreign cars. Maxim Sachkov sorted out the reasons for many years of popularity.
It is inferior only to Ford Focus and Reno-Logan, which are collected in Russia. By the way, Lancer is a purebred Japanese. Since 1973, when he debuted the first car under this name, he did not change the place of production. But not only this warms up interest in the car.

On the counter

The owner of the most modest Lancer in the configuration of Invite (Invite) can become in pocket 690. This sedan is enough for a 82-horsepower engine with a volume of 1.3 liters, especially if most of the time to travel in the city and lightly. True, several months will have to wait - demand for simple and expensive versions exceeds the proposal.
Family and summer residents should give preference (and another thousand with a small dollars) for Lancer in the same configuration with a 1.6 liter engine. This is not a very high price (compared to the cost of a car) for 300 cubes, a noticeable increase in power and torque. This also includes heated mirrors and seats that are useful in our area. The rest of the Lancers with engines of 1.3 and 1.6 liters in the configuration of invite are similar. By the way, a set for an inexpensive version of Japanese is generous: ABS, disc brakes in front and rear, air conditioning, electric windows and mirrors, a pair of front pillows, a central castle and an immobilizer. With a more powerful engine, an automatic box with manual gear mode can cooperate.
In such a configuration, you can buy Lancer-UNIVERSAL, however, only with a 1.6 liter engine. That the barn is in a cheap performance is good. It is bad that the difference in price with a sedan is large - almost 00, although in expensive trim levels it is one and a half to two times less.

Add a thousand with a small dollars - and get an invite+set. A matter of taste, but I would not give such an amount for plastic overlays, foglight headlights, cast discs. By the way, the more expensive installation of installation (instyle) is also distinguished mainly by jewelry. Yes, a simple climate control.
On the Lancers in the top version, the intenses install a 2-liter 135-horsepower engine. The nature of this modification is emphasized by sports seats, 16-inch discs, rear anti-wing and even stretching under the hood. Just in case, side pillows were added to the front pillows. But prices exceeding 20 thousand dollars will cool hot heads.
The official warranty on Lancers is valid for 3 years or 100 thousand km of run - of course, if the owner clearly follows the recommendations. That is, every 15 thousand km comes to that, not forgetting to sign up in advance. Yes, lively sales led to queues and on the service. The cost of maintenance and repair is tolerant, but the prices for spare parts are not just biting - they are ready to bite!
A sporting version of Lancer with a prefix of evoluishn (ZR, 2006, No. 12) stands apart.
The current ninth generation is sold in two trim levels: sport ($ 46,750) and altimit ($ 51,090), which differ in suspension settings and forged discs BBS.
Well, now we’ll get closer to the most popular version: a 1.6-liter sedan with a manual box.

BEHIND THE WHEEL

Lancer salon evokes memories of used right -hand drive machines. Unserfounded design, gloomy plastic, the only light spot is the instrument panel. The longer you look closely, the more you are convinced: here the functionality completely won the design. Take the controls: three small climate control handles-with slurred designations, steering wheel switches are uncomplicated, and some kind of clumsy lever. But the details are harmonized neatly and carefully, the gaps are small, there is nowhere to settle the crickets.
It reminds of the old Japanese and a short seat pillow. Although otherwise the chair is normal: both the pike and a massive body will take equally hospitably. The longitudinal adjustment is quite enough for a lanky driver. But the steering wheel can only be configured in height. Almost all drivers will have to lift him, otherwise he lies on his knees, even when the seat pillow is lowered to the stop.
As soon as you touch, you immediately forget about the boring salon and minor inconvenience. A 1.6 liter engine is confidently lucky from low revolutions, willingly and fervently spin, and the voice does not particularly increase. The unpretentious lever of the box is very obedient - as if he moves himself. The suspension smooths out irregularities well, the car clearly, without frightening rolls, passes turns. The connection between the helm and the wheels is completely transparent - as if numerous joints are absent, and the driver sets the trajectory, moving his hands with steering rods
They promise that in the middle of the year the next generation Lancers will appear in the salons. But the current ones - both new and used - will surely find many more owners.